Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-25
ANh|AMATED THEM.
L POSSe0 of Two Hundred Men End
the Rowen County vidette With
Winehegters. /
Pitched Battle In Kentucky Wheri
Some Hard Citizens Died With
Their Boots On.

tucky's shame in the lawless county o.
Rowan. there was this morning enacted
what will be beyond doubt the final chap.
ter in the bloodiest mountain videtta
known in the history of the state. The
elimination was reached in the tragic end
OF four desperate men who forfeited their
lives while res sting the mandates of the
law. After the dertruction OF thousands of
dollars worth OF property and up to this
writing the loss Of twenty-one lives during
two years continuance of the feud Rowan
county can now return to peace and pros.
perity. A special to the Courier-J ournal
from Lexington, KY, gives the following
account at the fight between q possee and
the Tollivers: The news from Rowan
county is of the most exciting kind, as it
appears to be indisputably a fact that
CRAIG roLL1RER Is KILLED
and his gang dismembered forever. Sheriff
Hogg, presumably acting under instructions
from the State authorities, had been for
about a week quietly organizing a very
large posse of determined men in the upper
part OF Rowan county and in adjoining
counties for the purpose o. arresting Tollir-
er, or all the parties who were implicated
in the murder of the Logan boys some two
weeks sgo. Tolliver and his party, consist
ing OF about ten men, we're quite vigilant,
and went heavily armed to meet every
east-bound train at the depot, to search
suspicious characters and to see that no
one got of at Morehead but those whom
they desired. Sheriff Hogg equipped his
large party with Winchester rifles and am
munition and was secretly conveyed to the
his rendezvous, while he was
ORGANIZING 4 POSSE.
It was finally determined to attempt the
arrest of the assassins Wednesday June
%, in the day time, to prevent any women,
children or ~inoffensive citizen from being
killed by accident. Accordingly. at an
early hour this morning the people living
on the line of the railroad, within two or
three miles of Morehead, o. each side OF
the town, were directed to stop all trains
and inform the conductors of what was
going on in Morehead, 80 that the passen-
in danger. The sheriff's band of ~resolute
men, numbering more than 200 men ap-
peared suddenly at Morehead about 8
O'Clock this morning. A Gordon was first
established around tine entire town IN the
brush where the men could not be seen.
The sheriff then
THE TOWN
at the head of about one hundred well
armed men. Craig Tolliver and his ten
followers Immediately retreated to the
hotel, which they had previously barri
caded in such q manner as to make quite a /
fortress. Sheriff Hogg then no. |
titled Tolliver hat he had q warrant for
%kn ~ al the unAn svno 1SAo %a1 IN Tho
killing of the Logan boys and asked that
they all submit peacefully to arrest under
the law. Tolliver's reply was that neither
he nor hie men would be arrested, and
that one hundred men could not take
them. His party then opened fire upon the |
posse. Quite a brisk rattle OF
musketry ensued, and the fighting was kept |
probably for two hours. The only |
casualty for a time was a flesh wound re-
ceived by one of the sherif's posse. The
attacking party, however, were gradually
drawing their lines closer around
Tolliver's Notifications, and the be-
geiged party, finding things growing
too warm, finally concluded to make
BoLD RUSH o LIBERTY
and fight their way through the sherif's
posse and take to the adjacent brush,
which, if it we're once reached, would afford
them a secure escape, but as they made the
rush they were met by a tremendous vol
ley which killed Craig Tolliver, Bud Toll
yer, Jay Tolliver and Herman Cooper.
The others Of the gang got through safely,
but as they approached the brush they
were met with a volley from the outside
This volIey wounded Cate Toll.
yer, a l~2-year-old boy, and three of the
all of whom were captured except
Cate Tolliver. The other three also es-
but one was captured afterwards.
This brought the battle to an end.